"Perhaps what I say is too idealistic. To put it simply, the times are changing with each passing day, football is constantly developing, and the outside world and ourselves are asking us to repeat the past, and once we obey this request, it means that we will continue to
Gradual regression." Wang Ai took a breath, sorted out his thoughts and then said softly: "Coach, when you appeared in front of the international football world ten years ago, when you led Chelsea to create a series of records and break the Premier League pattern, Ferguson
, Wenger, Capello, Van Gaal and others, are they lagging behind you? Have you emerged with more cutting-edge technology, concepts, and playing styles? What about now?"
"You mean..." The voice on the phone was a little hoarse: "I have become them? Now?"
"There are two poems in the collection of poems I gave you. Talented people have emerged from generation to generation, and each has led the way for hundreds of years. Think about it, today, the era of me, Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo, and the previous era, it was Ronaldo
How different are their eras? How different are Ronaldo and Van Basten’s eras? In every era, challengers appear to change the rules, improve the rules, and promote progress. When the ruler of an era is immersed in the existing track
In time, it means that he has begun to fall behind and gradually become rotten in the face of the budding and new power."
"...Is this why you suggested that I take a year off?" Mourinho was silent for a while before continuing: "But my agreement is about to be signed. As you said, I am on the same track.
Sometimes you can’t help yourself.”
"Yes, me too." Wang Ai sighed: "That's why we have to be more awake. Even if we are no longer the creators and leaders of new forces, we must remain sensitive enough to be the first to
Time catches up with the trend and continues our, high-end continuation of our careers and even further.”
"...I don't understand very well, doctor, please speak to me more simply." On the phone, Mourinho showed rare calmness and rare humility.
"For us, we have enough wisdom, but what we can't control is our mentality." Wang Ai thought for a while before continuing: "Coach, what I say next may not be right, but I promise it is mine.
Do you want to hear the truth?"
"Am I someone who can't listen to opinions? Besides, this is our private call."
Wang Ai was about to speak when he suddenly saw Xu Qinglian next to him waving to him. She brought a glass of juice over. Wang Ai smiled, took it and took a few sips. After feeling calm, he put the cup down: "Coach, you are in Real Madrid."
Three years must be different from what you expected before you went, right?"
"Of course, but what do you think my goal was before I went?"
"Five consecutive titles? Five consecutive Champions League titles?"
"hehe."
Wang Ai also laughed heartily for a while: "After all, we have fought side by side for so long. Just like you know me, I also know your coach. I can feel your ambition when you reached the peak of coaching. You changed Real Madrid and changed the football world.
Ideal, so I can better understand your current loss and unwillingness."
"..."
"But the question is, can you get over this kind of loss and unwillingness? In the past, you have been on the rise. Now, this should be one of the few setbacks you have, and you have admitted it yourself."
"Why can't you come out?" Mourinho asked rather strangely on the phone: "I have already started self-analysis, and I will always analyze it in the future. Just like you stayed in the quarterfinals in the 2006 World Cup, did you
After many years of summarizing, I finally made a breakthrough in South Africa in 2010? Me too."
Wang Ai thought for a while and hummed: "Yes, we will all summarize, but the problem is that I and my national team are on the rise, and you, as I just said, are at your peak and are about to be eliminated.
It is a marginal period of being squeezed out by new forces. Moreover, our reflection and summary are inevitable and are part of our established track."
"……Simpler."
"That is to say, your reflection and summary are things that will inevitably happen in your career as a professional coach. This does not mean that you have changed your career trajectory, especially in terms of mentality." Wang Ai paused:
"Coach, you are a stubborn person who refuses to admit defeat. This supports your persistence in yourself in difficult times and supports you in creating great achievements. But in turn, this character also makes you lose your temper once you encounter setbacks.
What's more, you have a stronger urge to prove yourself than others. This kind of personality will help you stick to the right things until good results arrive, but it will also make you slip further and deeper once you make the wrong choice."
As Wang Ai was talking, a small white hand waved in front of him. Wang Ai went to see Xu Qinglian. She pointed to the juice on the small table and asked Wang Ai to take another sip. Wang Ai smiled, picked it up and took another sip.
After adjusting his language, he said in Mourinho's silence: "Coach, times will always progress. Changing places is an opportunity for you to interrupt your original trajectory and start a new trajectory. It is also for you, and of course it includes me or anyone else."
It is an opportunity for people to catch up with the times again. But there is a prerequisite for getting rid of the past and really starting over, instead of being immersed in the past emotionally and mentally, and subconsciously using the present to prove the past. This kind of strong
Subjective emotions will weld the two lives together without leaving a breathing gap."
"Is this why you always change clubs and always improve?"
"I don't know." Wang Ai replied in confusion for a moment: "I just did it subconsciously, and it is necessary to do it. You know why I left Chelsea, why I left Inter Milan, and why I am leaving Bayern now."
"Although you do have reasons for leaving, you can't stay." Mourinho kept up the pace and said: "There are problems with staying, but there are also problems with leaving, which are not necessarily less than staying. I
Remember when you first arrived at Bayern, your starting position was not stable, right? If you stayed at Inter Milan or followed me to Real Madrid, that would not be the case."
Wang Ai laughed: "Yes, but maybe me leaving so frequently objectively gave me a chance to start over. Maybe, coach, you also need such an opportunity and such a mechanism."
"You seem worried about my return to Chelsea?"
"Yes." Wang Ai hesitated for a moment before answering decisively, ignoring Xu Qinglian's worries: "Real Madrid is the pinnacle of everyone, whether it is a player or a coach. I am very worried that you can't get rid of your depression, so you subconsciously use Chelsea's
Coach to prove that your coaching at Real Madrid is right. Maybe you can partially prove it, but the price is your second Chelsea career, and you even miss such a real opportunity that can help you improve again."
This chapter has been completed!